Eumenodora tetrachorda

Eumenodora encrypta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in India.[1]

Eumenodora tetrachorda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Eumenodora
Species:
E. tetrachorda
Binomial name
Eumenodora tetrachorda
Meyrick, 1924

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brownish with four narrow obscure suffused whitish longitudinal streaks (subcostal, discal, plical, and dorsal) from the base to about three-fourths, irrorated grey more strongly posteriorly. Beyond these is a similar acutely angulated transverse line at five-sixths marked with an extremely fine dash or group of blackish-grey scales in the disc, and streaks on the apical part of the costa and termen. There are some blackish-grey scales on the fold towards the tornus. The hindwings are grey-whitish in males, with a thin expansible pencil of very fine whitish hairs from the base of the costa. The female hindwings are light grey.

The larvae feed on the needles of Casuarina species.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eumenodora tetrachorda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (3): 91


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